Plant Cinnamomum aromaticum (Lauraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cassia; Cassia Bark; Cassia Lignea; Chinese Cassia; Chinese Cinnamon; China Junk Cassia; Saigon Cinnamon; Zimtcassie (Ger.); Canela de la China (Sp.); Canelero chino (Sp.); Chinazimt (Ger.); Chinesischer Zimtbaum (Ger.); Kashia-Keihi (Jap.); Canelle de Cochinchine (Fr.); Cannelier Casse (Fr.); Cannelier de Chine (Fr.)

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
PROCYANIDIN-B28-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
PROCYANIDIN-C-1	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROCYANIDINS	27	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
PROTEIN	0	Bark	not available	43000.0	-1.34	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Bark	1.0	2.0	-0.37	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
RUBIDIUM	0	Bark	not available	30.0	1.21	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE	29	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYALDEHYDE	0	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLIC-ACID	34	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Bark	42.0	287.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
STRONTIUM	0	Bark	not available	50.0	-1.35	Duke, 1992 *
STYRENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR	14	Bark	not available	1200.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Bark	not available	1.0	-0.09	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TITANIUM	0	Bark	not available	50.0	1.51	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Apifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	1	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Bacteriostatic	1	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Bacteristat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Barbituate-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	5	Zhu, M., Phillipson, J. D., Greengrass, P. M., Bowery, N. E., Cai, Y. 1997. Plant Polyphenols: Biologically Active Compounds or Non-Selective Binders to Protein? Phytochemistry, 44(3): 441-447.
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bruchiphobe	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	5	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	24	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	7	Martindale's 29th
Candidistat	3	Duke, 1992 *